That gets a crooked, unseen smile against Hythlodaeus' shirt. "Well now, mayhap you should ask that of the Warriors of Light."

Even if the Azem they knew is gone, their spirit lives on. And he thinks that in confronting a living entity of despair, that they have found their answer.

"...What was your life's purpose, 'Daeus?" he eventually asks, lifting his head. "What was it you sought to accomplish?"

He cannot help but ask in the past tense even though his friend has yet to see the Final Days.